Academic Honors

Team Academic Awards

Scholar-Athletes

Awarded to only one senior student-athlete at Virginia who has shown exceptional performance both on the athletic field and in the classroom.

*David Wendell

1975

Mike McGonigal

1976

*Gary Friedman

1978

Jim Pagano

1983

Buddy Blaha

1987

Derek Capanna

1989

Mike Krafchick

1995

Howie Miller

1996

Zach Feldman

1997

Bob Seidel

2003

*Jim Weaver Scholarship

Gus Tebell Memorial Award

Awarded to the fourth-year male athlete with the highest scholastic ?average throughout his four years:

Brian Black - 1995

Zach Feldman - 1997

Noah Kaufman - 1999

Peter Ferrara - 2009

National Academic Awards

NWCA Academic All-Americans

The NWCA bases its academic achievement awards on certain criteria. The wrestler must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. He also must have won at least 60 percent of his matches, placed in the top four at the conference tournament or qualified for the NCAA Championships. Here is a list of Virginia wrestlers who were named NWCA Academic All-Americans: